taleteller

English

Alternative forms

• tale-teller

Etymology

From Middle English taleteller, tale tellere; equivalent to tale +‎ teller.

Noun

taleteller (plural taletellers)

1. A person who tells tales.
   • 1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[The First Sermon]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 5, recto:

     There hathe bene alate ſuche tales ſpreade abroade, and moſt vntruly, ſuch falſe taletellers ſhal haue a greuous puniſhement of the Lord whan he ſhall come to rewarde euerye one according vnto his deſertes.

   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 296:

     Different tale-tellers describe the actual meeting in different ways, but the gist is that at that moment, Vicki was discovered.